Jug

MS4597

From: Greece | Crete | Vasiliki

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4597
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vasiliki
Period Early Minoan IIB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Miniature depressed ovoid jug with conical neck and raised spout, with one coil handle. Fabric: Fine, gray (10YR 6/1) clay with decoration in mottled reddish brown (5YR 5/3) to black (10R 2.5/1) paint. Decoration: Vasilike ware. Interior unpainted. Resting surface painted. Condition: Handle missing, otherwise intact. Surface extremely eroded.

Height 7.6 cm
Outside Diameter 7.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906

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